Before Congress adjourns for the holidays, it is expected to pass an extension of payroll tax cuts enacted in 2009 and extend unemployment benefits.

President Barack Obama’s foray into Kansas isn’t likely to pick up electoral votes in that reddest of states. But his speech Tuesday at Osawatomie High School was good policy and good politics.

Gov. Paul LePage likes to talk about personal responsibility, but his proposal to gut MaineCare, the state’s health care safety net, is irresponsible, through and through.

Americans may have many fantasies about movie stars and musicians, but when they ponder potential presidents, sex is generally the last thing on their minds.

On Dec. 7, 1941, in the infamous sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese naval aircraft sunk the battleship USS Arizona, killing 1,177 of its crew while they were preparing for a quiet Sunday morning.

Domestic-violence homicide remain’s Maine’s deadliest crime, accounting for about half of the state’s murders every year.

Sometimes it takes time for our nation’s laws to catch up with technology.

The vampires took the lead in pulling in moviegoers over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, but far more money was made by studios catering to families, according to box office receipts.

Years after leaving the White House, Bill Clinton admitted that he missed his old job. “If it were up to me, I wouldn’t have left, but this is a democracy,” he said.

The Maine Legislature fought for years against the establishment of charter schools, a reform with a long track record in most other states.